ETHZ/D-PHYS/IQE/ULP
Expert in ultrafast solid-state and semiconductor lasers, ultrashort pulse generation in the one to two optical cycle regime, frequency comb generation and stabilization
Ursula Keller
ETHZ
MIXSEL
Vertical integration of ultrafast semiconductor lasers for wafer-scale mass production

EPFL/SB/IPEQ/LPN
Expert in VCSELs
Eli Kapon
EPFL
ETHZ/D-PHYS/IQE/ULP
Expert in ultrafast laser physics
Thomas Südmeyer
ETHZ
University of Kassel
Expert in VCSELs modelling for narrow line-width and broad tuning with current
Bernd Witzigmann
University of Kassel

Project Description

The project expands the SESAM modelocking approach  to a new class of semiconductor lasers with wafer-scale integration of both the gain and the absorber into a vertical emitting  structure.  The goal is to scale both power and pulse duration to new regimes that enable for example stable frequency comb generation. 

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Notable publications

Recent progress in wafer-fused VECSELs emitting in the 1310 nm and 1550 nm bands (invited)
A. Sirbu, A. Caliman, A. Mereuta, K. Pierscinski, A. Rantamäki, J. Lyytikäinen, J. Rautiainen, V. Iakovlev, N. Volet, O. Okhotnikov, E. Kapon
SPIE Photonics West 2013, LASE, Vertical External Surface Emitting Lasers (VECSELs), Conference LA116, San Francisco, California, USA, Feb. 2-7, 2013

Wafer-fused VECSELs emitting in the 1310 nm waveband (invited)
A. Sirbu, K. Pierscinski, A. Mereuta, A. Caliman, V.Iakovlev, J. Rautiainen, J. Lyytikäinen , O. Okhotnikov, E.Kapon
SPIE Photonics West 2014, LASE, Vertical External Surface Emitting Lasers (VECSELs), Conference LA116, San Francisco, California, USA, Feb. 1-6, 2014

Near-infrared diode-pumped solid-state frequency comb for ultra-stable microwave generation
N. Bucalovic, V. Dolgovskiy, S. Schilt, G. Di Domenico, M.C. Stumpf, S. Grop, B. Dubois, V. Giordano, U. Keller, T. Südmeyer
UFO-XI, Ultrafast Optics Conference, Davos, Switzerland; March 4-8, 2013, oral #Mo4.2

Self-referencing of an optical frequency comb: importance of the laser dynamics
S. Schilt, N. Bucalovic, V. Dolgovskiy, G. Di Domenico, M.C. Stumpf, U. Keller, T. Südmeyer
UFO-XI, Ultrafast Optics Conference, Davos, Switzerland; March 4-8, 2013, oral #Tu2.3


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Posters from 2015


Nano-Tera IRSENS and MIXSEL results valorization
Alexei Sirbu, Vladimir Iakovlev, Alexandru Mereuta, Andrei Caliman, Zlatko Mickovic, Eli Kapon

Posters from 2013


Precision metrology with an ultra-stable optical frequency comb
Stéphane Schilt, Nikola Bucalovic, Vladimir Dolgovskiy, Gianni Di Domenico, Max Stumpf, Selina Pekarek, Ursula Keller, Thomas Südmeyer

Towards a high-power femtosecond MIXSEL
Mario Mangold, Valentin J. Wittwer, Oliver D. Sieber, Christian A. Zaugg, Bauke W. Tilma, Matthias Golling, Ursula Keller

Electrically pumped VECSELs and MIXSELs
Wolfgang P. Pallmann, Christian A. Zaugg, Imad Dahhan, Bernd Witzigmann, Matthias Golling, Bauke W. Tilma and Ursula Keller

Wafer fused VECSELs emitting in 1.3 um and 1.5 um range
Kamil Pierscinski, Andrei Caliman, Alexandru Mereuta, Alexei Sirbu, Vladimir Iakovlev, Grigore Suruceanu, Eli Kapon

Posters from 2012


Electroplated Cu-­substrate: an efficient solution for heat dissipation in 1500-nm VECSELs
Volet, Sirbu, Mereuta, Caliman, Iakovlev, Kapon

Towards a high-power femtosecond MIXSEL
Mario Mangold, Wittwer, Sieber, Hoffmann, Tilma, Golling, Sudmeyer, Keller

Compact solid-state lasers for frequency comb generation: how short need the pulses to be?
Klenner, Pekarek, Stumpf, Lecomte, Kundermann, S

Generation of ultra-low-noise microwave with a laser frequency comb for precision metrology
Schilt, Bucalovic, Dolgovskiy, Di Domenico, Stumpf, Pekarek, Oehler, Giordano, Grop, Dubois, Thomann, Ursula Keller, S

Posters from 2011


Electrically Pumped VECSELs and MIXSELs
Wolfgang Pallmann, Martin Hoffmann, Christian Zaugg, Imad Dahhan, Bernd Witzigmann, Matthias Golling, Yohan Barbarin, Thomas S

High Power picosecond MIXSEL and femtosecond VECSEL
O. Sieber, M. Hoffmann, V. Wittwer, I. L. Krestnikov, S. S. Mikhrin, D. A. Livshits, M. Golling, T. S

A low-noise optical frequency comb for precision metrology
S. Schilt, N. Bucalovic, V. Dolgovskiy, C. Schori, L. Tombez, G. Di Domenico, M. C. Stumpf, S. Pekarek, A. E. H. Oehler, T. S

High-power optically-pumped VECSELs emitting in the 1310-nm and 1550-nm wavebands
Volet, Sirbu, Mereuta, Caliman, Zhu, Iakovlev, Rautiainen, Lyytik

    

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